Post

Karl Bode
@karlbode.com

this Trump FCC "foreign router ban" is basically just unworkable extortion slop that's just going to cause headaches and drive up costs for everyone under the pretense of improving national security, but 90% of the press coverage tries really hard to pretend any of it makes sense

arstechnica.comCable lobby warns of chaos if FCC doesn't relax ban on foreign routersNCTA seeks waiver from foreign-router ban, citing memory and substrate shortages.

21 reposts63 likes

Karl Bode
@karlbode.com

companies that are applying for exemptions aren't being transparent about what they have to do to get the exemption. Big bribe? Backdoors for ICE access? Who knows! And it's impossible for companies to adhere because pointless wars and tariffs have driven up the cost of components. Great stuff!

Karl Bode
@karlbode.com

dumb corporate executive assholes signed off on Trumpism because they lusted after tax breaks and mindless deregulation, now they're stuck with a giant pile of costly and unworkable shit they very much earned.

Sniffit
@sniffit.bsky.social

It is intended to cut off access for millions, at least temporarily....because we all know damn well who will escape that impact and who will suffer it.